Washing-machine.



No: 847,822. I PATBNTBD'MAR. 19,- 1907,

NOLAND B. REES & NAPOLEON B. REES.

WASHING MACHINE. APPLIGATION FILED MAY 24,: 1905.

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' WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1905.

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NOLAND B. REES AND NAPOLEON B. REES, OF LINCOLN, KANSAS.

' WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 19, 1907.

Application filed May 24, 1905. Serial No. 262,002,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, N OLAND B. Rims and NAPOLEON B. REES, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lincoln and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in VVashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washing inachines, the object of the invention being to provide a simple, cheap, reliable, and easilyoperated machine of the class described which is readily accessible for inserting and removing the clothes and which will operate rapidly on the clothing and thoroughly cleanse the same, the machine being constructed on a principle which will admit of the finest clothing being thoroughly cleansed and washed without injury thereto.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as herein fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a washing-machine embodying the present invention, showing the lid raised. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the basket or cage, and Fig.4 is a horizontal section through the basket or cage.

Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all figures of the drawings.

The washing-machine contemplated in this invention comprises, essentially, a tub or receptacle 1, adapted to receive the sudswater, said tub or receptacle having combined therewith a lid or cover 2, which is preferably hinged at one end, as shown at 3, so that it may be thrown upward and open to give complete access to the interior parts. The bottom, sides, and ends of the tub are imperforate with the exception of the holes formed in stufling-boxes 4, located in the opposite ends of the tub, said stufling-boxes being provided for the sliding movements of oppositely-extending combined supporting and guiding rods 5, the inner ends of which are secured to the opposite ends of a reciprocatory basket or cage 6.

The basket or cage 6 is preferably formed of metal and is preferably square or rectangular in cross-section, although the shape of said basket may be varied without sacrificing any of the advantages or departing from escaping the principle of this invention. In its square or rectangular form the basket 6 comprises the sides 7 and ends 8, to which the rods 5 are connected about centrally, as shown at 9. The ends 8 are foraminous, while the sides 7 are ordinarily left ilnperforate, but provided upon their inner surfaces with inwardly-projecting ribs, cleats, or partial partitions 10,

which project toward the center of the basket and toward each other and leave between them spaces which establish compartments or stalls 11, in which different pieces of the clothing to be washed are placed and kept separated or loose as the water is passed through them, thus adding materially to the effectiveness of the machine and increasing the rapidity of the operation of cleansing the clothes.

The top and bottom of the basket or cage are left open, so as to enable the clothes to be placed in the top of the cage and to operate against a cross-ribbed or corrugated floor 12 in the bottom of the tub Or receptacle 1.

Extending outward from one end of the tub or receptacle 1 is a bail-shaped leversupporting frame 13, upon which is fulcrumed at 14 an operating hand-lever 15, which is pivotally coupled at its lower end, by means of a link 16, to one of the supporting and guiding rods 5, as clearly shown. Thus by vibrating the hand-lever 15 reciprocatory motion is imparted to the basket or cage 6, and as said basket moves rapidly back and forth in the tub or receptacle the suds-water is forced through the foraminous ends and also the top and bottom of the cage into and through the clothes contained in the cage, the suds-water passing out and from the cage in the same manner in which it entered. In this way the water is kept in a thorough state of agitation and the clothes moved rapidly back and forth through the same, the foraminous ends of the cage and the inwardly-projecting ribs or cleats 10 serving to squirt the water in jets through the clothes with considerable force. The tub or receptacle 1 is preferably supported upon suitable legs 17 at a proper eight for convenient operation of the'l ever 15.

We wish it to be understood that we construct the cleats or partitions 10 in triangular form and make the inner edges 10 curved for the purpose of preventing the clothes from becoming injured when jammed against the same When the clothes-receptacle is reciprocated. We further attach importance to the rods which serve to reciprocate the clothes receptacle and also to maintain the said receptacle in elevated position above the rubber on the bottom of the suds-b0X.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is- A washing-machine comprising a suds-box having a corrugated bottom and provided with openings in its end walls, a clotl1esreceptacle mounted in the boX and provided with solid side walls, and perforated end walls, guide-rods secured to the receptacle and projecting through the, openings of the box, and vertical partitions spaced apart and secured to the side Walls of the clothes-receptacle, said partitions being constructed in triangular-shape form and having curved inner edges, said guide-rods serving to maintain the clothes-receptacle in elevated posi tion and one of said rods serving to reciprocate the same, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we ailix our signature in presence of two witnesses.

NOLAND B. REES. NAPOLEON B. REES. Witnesses to signature of Noland B. Revs:

E. RUsn, 1)AX1D NELSON. Witnesses to signature ol" Napoleon B. Rees:

F. J. Anrnmunnncn, W. B. McBnnnc. 

